Improvement in spoking-machine



Z 'el v te tainted ALEXANDER HUMPHRIES. OF B ETHEL, OHIO. Letters PatentNo. 86,402, dated Fcbrua/ry 2, 1869; antedated .Tamm/ry 2.0, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN SPOKING-MACHINE.

*mF--m The Schedule referred to in these Letlezs Patent and making partof the same.

To 'whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ALEXANDER HUMPHRIES, of Bethel, Clermont county,Ohio, have invented a new and useful Spoking-Machiue; and I herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionthereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making partof this specification.

` The present invention relates to certain improvements on thespoking-machine, patented by myself' and J ohn Keethler, on the 30th ofJ uly,l867.

My said improvements consist, iirst, in providing one oi' thesuppciting-standards with adjustment to and from the other, for thepurpose oi' adapting the machine to hubs of different lengths; secondly,in hingiug the adjustable frame, by which the set oi' the spokes isgauged, upon the front of the machine, and supporting it by open notchesor crotches at the rear, by which means the work of driving the spokesinto the hub, and bringing them to a uniform dish or set therewith, canbe both better and more expeditiously performed than was' possible withsaid machine.

Figure l is a vertical section of my improved machine, in the lplane ofthe hubs axis.

Figure 2 is a top view ofthe same.

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the rear portion of th'e front side ofthe machine, omitting the lower pol'- tion.

Figure 4 is a perspective view of one of the pillowblocks.

A A are two sills supporting one h'xed standard, B, and one adjustablestandard, O, the latter beingsecured to said sills, by means of nuts DD' and screws E E, which screws occupy slots c c', in the feet of thestandard C, said feet being of sufficient length to give the standard aiirm bearing upon the'sills.

Each standard has near its lower end'a rail, F, traversed by a screw, G,for the vertical adjustment of' a pillow-block, H, whose upper edge hasa notch, l1, with convergingr sides, so as to receive, hold, and centrea hub of any diameter.

The pillow-blocks H are restricted to a vertical adjustment by groovesc.

Framed permanently into thev standards B and C,

somewhat higher than and just outside of the pillow-4 blocks, are tworails, I I, which are traversed by a' holt, J, having a crank, j, at oneend, and being screwthreaded, j', to enter a nut, t', on-the rail I.

A hub, Z, (already bored, turned, and mortised,) being laid in thepillow-blocks H, is secured therein by inserting and turning the screwJ, until the ends of the hub are held fast by the rails I I', and isclamped firmly down by the two spring-bars L, whose free ends areengaged in racks M.

*My rest or gauge N, instead of being hinged over the but-end of thehub, or at the rear of the. frame, so as to oblige a double manipulationto clear it from the spoke, as iu the patent alluded to, is hinged atthe front sident' the frame upon a bolt, O, which bolt is screwthreadedat one end, and provided with a nut, o, whereby the two posts ofthestandards C can be pressed toward' each other, in order to impartsufficient friction to the hinge to enable the gauge 'to beself-sustaining at any position in which it may he placed, when open orlifted from the spoke.

The free end of the gauge has crotches P, which straddle a bolt, O',whose oiice it is to. support the gauge at its lowest or eiiectiveposition.

These crotches serve to guide the gauge to its place upon the bolt O,and to hold it rmly on said bolt,

while permitting the easy elevation of the gauge when desired.

The standards B O are perforated, to allow the bolts O O to be placedhigher or lower in the said standards, to suit the length ot spoke-andthe gauge-frame has a series of perforations, It, to enable theadaptation of the machine to a hub of any length.

The gauge N has a sliding rest, Q, which is set toward or from thespoke, by means ot' a cranked or other screw, R, so as to give anydesired uniform dish to the spokes. 4

In order to correcta contrary spoke, (one disposed to lean away from thetrue dish,) I` have provided a lever, S, pivoted to the frame at S', andwhose free end can be caught in a ratchet, T, on the standard.

Attached to this lever, at or about its mid-length, is

a chain, U, .that terminates in ahook, u, adapted to be engaged roundthe rear side of the spoke, so as to enable the operator to draw thespoke firmly against the rest aforesaid.

I claim 'herein as new, and of my inventionl. In a spokiug-rnaohine, thecombination of the sills A A', stationary and movable standards B C, andhubclam ping devices J L M, substantially as described, for the purposespecified.

2. The adjustable gauge N Q R, provided with crotches P, resting uponthe pin O, in combination with the spoke-setting devices S T U,substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony of which invention, I hereunto set my hand.

ALEXANDER HUMPHRIES.

Witnesses Gno. H. KNIGHT, I. J. Mounts.

